has anyone used this before I have noticed that when i put heat to it to iron it on or to heat shirk it that it started discoloring and turning with on me what is the trick to this stuff it sure isnt like the regular monokote help me plz

All Monokote colors will discolor a little bit (usually darkens) when you heat it. But as soon as it cools back down the color will return to normal.

Ken

Ken is right about it turning darker when heated. It returns back to color when it cools. The color issue with the Neon colors though are that they fade quickly in the the sun. A week or so of flying will cause them to start to wash out in color. Peel back a lap of covering to show a bit of the color under the surface and see what I mean. Ilost a plane in the creek behind our field a few years back. The fuselage was covered in the Neon Pink. Four months in the shade, not direct sun. When it was found, the color was a pale pink, really a pinkish white. I pealed back a seam and the orginal vibrant color was under the exposed covering.

If you use the colors, and I like them, then take a big white towel to put over the plane on flight line. Uncover it to fly and cover it as soon as you get back to the bench, It's really going to fade out if you don't.

Don

You could also spray UV proof clear over the monokote and then apply a coat of fuel proof clear to prevent peeling from the glow fuel. That should help the Monokote retain it's color. You should be able to find UV proof clear at Michaels.

Before mixing paints, try them on a scrap piece first. My last experence was none to pleasing. I tried the cear Topflite fuel proff spray over another sprayand I ended up scrapping and sanding the whole cowl down to fiber glass again. The base cracked, pealed and generally destroyed it's self once the Topflite fuel proff hit it.

Don